It's always interesting to hear list members' idea of new amateur radio
products. I get the idea that the ham market is driven by the needs of
megabuck contesters and DX'ers, many of whom are now legally
incorporated entities! I'm obviously not in tune with an amateur market
that sees a combiner for three $2000+ linears as a viable product. Maybe
the ham market has always been driven by these folks, the race car
drivers in our sport with factory sponsorship, whose wants and needs
then trickle down to the rest of us as rear view mirrors and racing
stripes for our family SUV.
I have no advice for Elecraft which already produces things that are
beyond my needs in this hobby. But consider this. I worked the Alabama
QSO Party this weekend just for fun. I did all my tuning/searching with
my Drake 2B, then "pounced" (a word that is hyperbole for what I do in a
contest) with the K2/100. There was nothing I could hear on the K2 that
I couldn't hear on the 2B. In fact, I was only interested in mobiles
running AL counties, the weaker stations in the contest.
Granted this 50 year old radio suffers a number of inadequacies that I
would no longer stand for, however, it is still capable of performing
the duties that MOST actual everyday hams require of a receiver. It
would not make it through the first lap as a race car, but it still does
a remarkable job as a daily ride. And, the Drake 2B is still more FUN.
It wouldn't be enhanced with a touch screen instead of knobs/switches
and neither would anything else meant for every day hamming.
Eric
KE6US
On 6/5/2016 12:27 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote:
Lighten up, you say? I don't know...I sort of like having radios I can actually
use. Unless said touch screen will also come with some sort of spoken
interface, (they haven't, so far), I guess eventually I get to look for a new
hobby if that's where we're all going. And really, with the aging ham
population and the sight loss that sometimes comes with said aging population,
guess a lot of those guys are gonna be screwed, too. Sounds like a great idea
to me.
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: 814-860-3194
Mobile: 814-431-0962
Email: bu...@brannan.name
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